Davenport-bed.



D. T. OWEN.

DAVENPORT BED.

APPLICATION rmzn JAN. 24, 1910.

Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

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. 1910. 988,498. Patented Apr.4, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID THOMAS OWEN, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO, .ASSIGNOR TO THE D. T. OWEN COMPANY, OF EAST- CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION.

DAVENPORT-BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 191,1.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID THOMAS OWEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Davenport- Beds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in davenport beds of the class and kind wherein the couch seat is unfolded to form the bed, and the improvement consists in the construction of the couch frame and back and its related parts, substantially as herein shown and described and more particularly pointed out in the claims. In constructing a, davenport to produce an article of furniture adapted for dual uses, great difficulty is experienced in retaining the accepted lines and standard proportions of this style or kind of couch, especially where a low back and continuous border rail is used to give the proper effect andappearance.

My object is to duplicate this type of davenport and at the same time provide a low seat-back suspended from or beneath a rigid stationary. top rail, which seat-back may be swung upward to a rest position above the rail with ease and convenience and without injury or crushing of the upholstering on the said seat-back by the rail. The purpose of a lifting back is to get the back out of the way of the bed parts so that they may be folded and unfol is to leave the rear of the couch open when used as a bed so that ventilation from front to rear may be had, and also that the upholstering on the back be distantly removed from the occupant of the bed and out of contact by him. To assure a more or less permanent raised position of the seat-back, as well, as to safeguard the occupant of the bed, I also provide self-locking means for the seat-back, which will osit vely come into action when the seat-bac is fully raised.

In my former patents dated Nov. 19, 1907,

- Nos. 871,180-1, I em loyed a revolving head rest or seat-back w ich did-not embody a stationaryand rigidly connectin rear border rail for the ends of the cone and my present wnstruction difiers therefrom in many other material respects as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 ed, and a further purpose.

is a perspective view of my improved uav' enport bed closed and with the bed concealed. Fig. 2 is a cross section, the dotted lines showing the seat-back raised and the bed partly opened. Fi 3 is a plan view.-of a corner of the rear an end border rail, and Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of one end of the couch frame showing the link and keeper bracket for the seat-back, also the an 10 bracket to detachably unite the rear bor er rail to the couch ends. Fig. 5 is a cross secthirty-three inches, moreor less. This makes a very lar e piece of furniture of considerable WGllt, especially when a metallic frame A for the bed forms a part of the structure, as in this case. ence has therefore developed the need of a practical knockdown structure to permit shipment, movability, and access to and through crowded places, such as doors and Stairways. This davenport bed then comprises the couch seat and foldable bed 2 as one separable part, and separate detachable ends or arms 3 and a removable rear rail 4 and seat-back 5, as the other main se arable parts. Broadly considered, this knoc '-down or separability of the parts is not herein claimed as new, but the use of a detachable skeleton supporting frame 10 detachably connected with said ends. However, as 'the construction of the seat and bed 2 may be considerabl varied no stress should be. laid upon detain and therefore further descrip Experithat seat and bed 2 are fulcrumed to swing tion thereof may be omitted. Sui lice to say from point 9 'on the couch frame to permit seat section 6 to be inverted 'in making up. the bed, and that this sweeping movement necessarily requires seat-back to be thrown up and out of the wayas a preliminary step.

Seat-back 5 rests against a stop 11 and in slightly inclined position when down and completely fills'the gap between rail 4 and the upholstered seat S of bed section 6.

Hinges 12 secured to the inclined bottom edge 13 of rail 4 and to the seat-back for.

- movement has been practically unobtainable hind seat-back '5 when lowered.n A link 23,

' raised position.

without marring or injuring the upholstering on the seat-back where it is bound to engage the rail at its front edge but which in the present instance is avoided by providing an inwardly inclined upper face orsurface 16 on border rail 4 and preferably curved or concaved as shown though not necessarily. To the eye, the appearance of this border rail is both pleasing and effective, being continuous with the border rail 17 of the ends or arms 3. To further this effect and make a workmanlike joint and finish, the meeting ends of rails 4' and 17 are mitered as shown in Figl 8, dowel pins 18 (one or more) being used to assure a perfectjoint, it being understood of course that the} dowel pins are fixed in one rail andremovable in the other as usual. To complete the fastening, especially against spreading of the ends 3' outward from rail 4 and seat-back 5, rail 4 is supplied with iron angles 19 which face against ends 3 and 'are locked or fastened thereto by a screw or. bolt 20, see Fig. 4. Instead of a mitered oint, rails 4 may squarely abut against end rails 17 or rear post 21.

Now having an upholstered seat-back which is adapted to (301116111110 a rearwardly inclined rest position when raised without injuring the upholstering, a further improvement is made possible by combining therewith means to--lock the same in this This means consists of a slotted keeper or bracket.22 secured to the inside face of end 3 beneath rail 4 and behaving a right angled headed end 24-rides within the slotted confining portion 25 of keeper or bracket 22 which is forwardly inclined to permit the linkto run freely upward when seat-back 5 is raised and to which latter the saidlink is pivotally attached at 26. The upper end of theslot in bracket I .is extended laterally to provide a note seated in pocket 27. To lower the seat-back,

the same is slightly pressed back to lift hook end 24 free of pocket- 27 and then the link is pressed forward by hand and the seatback carried forward and lowered, the link in the meanwhile riding downward in slotted bracket 22. The lower end of the slot in the bracket is left open so that disengagement of the link maybe effected when the couch parts are knocked down and separated.

One or more other pockets or notches 28 may also be provided beneath pocket or notch 27 to further safeguard the occupant of the bed against accidental displacement I of the link from its higher position of rest and possible falling of the back from its elevated position. In this event, the weight and inclined position of the link would immediately direct it into lower notch 28.

The inclined position of keeper22 also tends to assure self seating-of the link in lower notch 28 or series of notches if used.

What I claim is:

1.'A convertible bed and couch compris- 7 ing a foldable seat and bed, and a couch frame having a statibnary rear border-rail having a downwardly inclined top surface and a seat-back connected therewith to' swing into a rearwardly inclined rest position upon the same.

2. A davenport bed having arm ends and aback and a fixed continuous top border-- rail rigidly uniting said ends at their rear having an inclined front edgeat its bottom, andaseat-backhinged to the said edge of said rail.

4. In a comb-ined'bed and Ecouch, a couch I frame comprising arm ends and a upholstered back provided with a rear border rail.

having an upwardly and outwardly inclined top surface and a reduced front dge said' back being hinged to the bottom of said border rail and adapted to swing into a vertical rest position above said rail.

15. In a combined bed and couch, a couch frame consisting of arm ends and a rear border rail rigidly uniting the rear ends thereof, said rail having a reduced thickness in its front portion and provided with bottom reinforcing strip, in combinationwith' a seataback movably related to-said border rail and adapted to swing into-a verticalrest position above the rail.

6. In a convertible bed and couch, a knock-down structure comprising a seat and bed portion, arm ends, and a back, said back comprisingla border rail set on an inclined plane an aving detachable connections for said arm ends and a hinged connectionforsaid back.

7. A davenport couch and bed having arm ends and a seat-back bordered by a stationary rail fixed on an inclined plane, said seatback being hi ed to swing above said rail.

8. A convertlble couch and bed com rising arm ends and an upholstered seatack bordered by a ri idly fixed rail having'a concaved top surface, said seat-back being hinged to swing upwardly into rest position within and upon said rai 9. In a convertible couch and bed, an unfolding seat and bed section and couch ends to support the same, a border rail rigidly joining said ends, and a seat-back hinged to said rail, and means mounted upon the couch end and connected with said seat-back to automatically lock the latter when swung to an u right position.

10. folding seat and bed section and a seat-back hinged to permit its elevation and retirement from said section, in combination with a slotted bracket and a dink for said seatback to lock the same when elevated.

11. A couch and bed of davenport design havin a removable rear border rail, a seat back inged to said 'rail and transportable therewith, a brace link secured to said seatback, and couch ends having a slotted keeper-rest detachably connected with said ink.

12. In a convertible couch and bed, an unfolding seat and bed section, a swinging seat back, means to effect self-locking of said seat-back when raised having supplemental'safeguarding means to prevent fallin of said back.)

ntestimon whereof I afiix my signature in presence ottwo witnesses.

DAVID THOMAS OWEN.

Witnesses WM. T. MORRISSEY, H. H. MABTEN, Jr.

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Washington, D. G.

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